Vermont Studio Center
SUMMERTIME and the livin’ is…?
Those of you in the Northeast know that so far this has been the summer that wasn’t, with a lot of cold and wet weather…but suddenly now its summer, warm, sunny, et al.
It’s interesting how the seasons affect daily life at VSC. Residents are hard at it in their studios every day, regardless of the season; however, this far north the difference in that “day” is substantial: at this summer solstice time it gets light at 4:30 a.m. and stays light until 9:30 p.m., compared to the winter solstice in mid-December when it doesn’t get light until 7:30 a.m. and gets dark at 4:30 in the afternoon.
The sense of an extended day and the good weather in July and August tends to inspire VSC Residents to venture out beyond their studios and the VSC campus more than they do in the 0 degrees and 4 feet of snow we have in January and February, when people tend to limit their travel to the path through the snow they tread between housing, dining hall and studio…creating an extremely focused intensity.
The residents of Johnson are also out and about more in the “good” weather…and so for this July edition of the Founders Focus Blog I’ve included some of the things going on around VSC in order to show/share a more expanded view of summertime livin’ at the Studio Center.
I hope you’re enjoying your summer wherever you may be.
Jon